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No one would want a steady diet of it, but every now and then it's not bad to reflect on weighty matters such as this question: What is really at the core of the business and what are we actually doing?For instance, suppose you're in the telephone...
TORONTO -- Wal-Mart Canada said it would stop selling tobacco products at its 122 Canadian stores as soon as current stocks were depleted.The chain, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores, has voluntarily stopped...
MINNEAPOLIS -- A letter to former Wetterau-Supervalu employees demanding they return their severance pay is a "cruel hoax," according to a spokeswoman for Supervalu here. A handful of former employees who worked at Supervalu's Bloomington, Ind....
SALT LAKE CITY -- Associated Food Stores here has agreed to purchase a nonfood distribution center in Payson, Utah, from Buttrey Food & Drug Co., Great Falls, Mont., in a deal valued at $10 million. Associated will now supply Buttrey's 39 stores...
Robert Aders Joins Checkpoint Board rs has been appointed to the board of directors of Checkpoint Systems here, a manufacturer of security systems.Aders' position is a new one and increases the board to eight members, according to a spokesman.A...
CANCUN, Mexico -- The Efficient Consumer Response initiative confers upon retailers a special responsibility to differentiate between vendors who are offering ECR-related value-added services and those who are not, according to John A. Haedicke...
ATLANTA -- Harry's Farmers Market here has set a new expansion program that rides on the back of Wal-Mart.Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., will sponsor Harry's in a Hurry fresh foods departments in up to four discount units in a test program...
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Service merchandisers predict a good future even though trade relations with manufacturers have deteriorated in the last five years, according to a new study.In the next five years, electronic data interchange with...
NEW YORK -- Big forces are bearing down on the private-label business in supermarkets.ter & Gamble sues a retail customer in an apparent "we're not gonna take it anymore" message about copycat packaging.Mass merchants are selling store brands like...